From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 15:38:48 MDT
Brian D Williams wrote:
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>Lack of IP can inhibit societies advancement.
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But perhaps not as much as absurbly extended monopolies granted for an
extended period of time. Or rediculously obvious devices being
patented. Or entities collecting patents primarily to prevent others
from using patents aginst them (though that *can* be harmless, if the
hoarders are "benevolent"). Or multiple patents being issued on the
same invention (see the LWZ compression). Or ...
The US patent system is so broken that we would be much better off
without it.
-- -- Charles Hixson Gnu software that is free, The best is yet to be.
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